How many working hours is a week these days please?

[Celeriacacaca]

Looking at various adverts it seems as if they vary quite widely - one I'm looking at now is 42.5, another for the same salary is 37.5. What's the norm please or is there no such thing now?

Most people I know do 50-55hrs

Up to 48hrs a week now.

Agree with Artandco. Most people I know do 50-60 hours per week but only paid for 40. Or are not paid by the hour so do whatever hours needed to get the jib done.

40. 37.5 if your lunch break is unpaid. Lots of people work more than that but 8 hour shifts is normal full time to most people I'd have thought.

Job not jib!

Although the saying "I don't like the cut of his jib" is an all time favourite of mine.

I am paid for 35 hours a week - I do not get paid for my lunch hour.

Full time were I work is 39hrs although management are expected to do more without extra pay

37.5 in the NHS (but 40 at work because lunches are unpaid).

35 hrs paid, not paid for lunch. Compressed hours so Friday is a half day.

Work extra hours when projects due but generally most people keep to the 35 hrs and workplace actively encourages/enables this. Best place I've worked.

Mine is 35. I work 8.30 - 4.30. I don't generally do more than that unless it's super busy. In an office job.

I've never worked more than 35 hours but I think that's considered lazy by UK standards these days. I might have to move to France.

I thought something around 40 hours is pretty standard. Both the jobs you mention are pretty close to that though. It is always going to very depending on whether breaks etc are paid.

Contractually I do 37.5 hours per week but often it's more (don't get paid overtime). My husband does 35 hours per week, both jobs count as full time.

Wow. I can't believe full time is actually 35 hrs for some. No wonder Dh and I are often knackered as that's 3 days work for us ( we work 5 days a week usually)

No such thing as a standard - will depend on sector and type and grade of work. Office jobs generally 9 - 5 or 5.30, with an hour unpaid for lunch which makes a 35 or 37.5 hour week.

Building site, care work, zero contract catering will all have very different expectations of what full time is and when hours should be worked.

37 hrs a week where I work; 42 where DH works. Unpaid lunch both. He earns significantly more than me in the same field.

I am a nanny and a 60 hour week is a regular thing

40 hours. Don't get paid for lunch, which is only 30 minutes anyway.

I do about 70-80 hours but I am self employed. Don't have lunch but I can bunk off whenever I want (which is never as I don't have time!)

37.5 where I work, although I take longer lunches than I should so probably only work about 35

37 paid for me. We don't get paid for lunch. I do shift work though so one week I could do 54 hours or more, the next a lot less. I work 6 days on, 4 days off.

Contractually for office/professional type roles most places I've seen are 35 or 37.5 (so 9-5 or 9-5.30 with an hour unpaid for lunch). Very occasionally I've seen 40 hours (9-6 with an hour unpaid for lunch) but that is pretty rare. The actual hours worked of course can be much more and in most of those roles it's unpaid/expected overtime.